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Fundamentals of Corporate Law Series: Banking, Credit, and Finance

10/27/2015

CBLA is proud to host the Banking, Credit, and Finance Panel, part of our Fundamentals of Corporate Law Series. The Fundamentals Series is designed to introduce law students to career options in various practice areas in corporate law, including Capital Markets, M&A, Bankruptcy, Investment Management, IP, and Commercial Litigation. Our panelists have a range of experiences and will provide diverse perspectives on their career paths, what sort of work banking, credit, and finance attorneys do, and how these practice areas compare to other practice areas. There will be time at the end of the discussion to ask the speakers questions.

· Monica Holland - Partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell
· Reena Sahni – Partner at Shearman & Sterling
· Tatiana Lapushchik – Partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore
· Bill Sheehan – Partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
· Mike Cook – Partner at Schulte Roth & Zabel

Moderator: Marta Ricardo, Senior Director of Alumni and International Career Services - Office of Career Services

Fundamentals of Corporate Law Series: Securities and Capital Markets

10/21/2015

CBLA is proud to host the Securities and Capital Markets Panel, part of our Fundamentals of Corporate Law Series. The Fundamentals Series is designed to introduce law students to career options in various practice areas in corporate law, including Capital Markets, M&A, Bankruptcy, Investment Management, IP, and Commercial Litigation. Our capital markets panelists have a range of experiences and will provide diverse perspectives on their career paths, what sort of work capital markets attorneys do, and how capital markets practice compares to other practice areas. They will also provide advice for students interested in pursuing careers in securities law. There will be time at the end of the discussion to ask the speakers questions. The following attorneys will speak:

· Will Fogg - Partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore
· Mark Brod – Partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
· Rob Ryan – Partner at Sidley Austin
· Antonia Stolper – Partner at Shearman & Sterling
· Sophia Hudson – Partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell

Moderator: Professor Eric L. Talley - Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law

Fundamentals of Corporate Law Series: Commercial Litigation

10/19/2015

CBLA is proud to host the Commercial Litigation Panel as part of our Fundamentals of Corporate Law Series. The Fundamentals Series is designed to introduce law students to career options in various practice areas in corporate law, including Capital Markets, M&A, Bankruptcy, Investment Management, IP, and Commercial Litigation. Our litigation panelists have a range of experiences and will provide diverse perspectives on their career paths, what sort of work commercial litigators do, and how litigation practice compares to other practice areas. They will also provide advice for students interested in pursuing careers in litigation. There will be time at the end of the discussion to ask the speakers questions. The following attorneys will speak:

· Matt Solum - Partner at Kirkland & Ellis
· Julie Cohen – Associate at Skadden
· Penny Shane – Partner at Sullivan & Cromwell
· Ian Boczko – Partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Moderator: Janice Shaw - Office of Career Services

Fundamentals of Corporate Law Series: Mergers & Acquisitions

10/13/2015

CBLA is proud to host the M&A Panel, the first event in our Fundamentals of Corporate Law Series. The Fundamentals Series is designed to introduce law students to career options in various practice areas in corporate law, including Capital Markets, M&A, Bankruptcy, Investment Management, IP, and Commercial Litigation. Our M&A panelists have a range of experiences and will provide diverse perspectives on their career paths, what sort of work M&A attorneys do, and how M&A practice compares to other practice areas. They will also provide advice for students interested in pursuing careers in M&A law. There will be time at the end of the discussion to ask the speakers questions.
The following attorneys will speak:

· Lauren Boglivi – Partner at Proskauer Rose
· Audra Cohen – Partner at Sullivan & Cromwell
· Jon Davis – Partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore
· Bill Groll – Partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
· Edward Lee – Partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Moderator: Professor Jeffrey N. Gordon - Richard Paul Richman Professor of Law; Co-Director, Richman Center for Business, Law & Public Policy; Co-Director, Ira M. Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership; Co-Director, Center for Law and Economic Studies

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Fundamentals of Corporate Law Series: Banking, Credit, and Finance

Fundamentals of Corporate Law Series: Securities and Capital Markets

Fundamentals of Corporate Law Series: Commercial Litigation

Fundamentals of Corporate Law Series: Mergers & Acquisitions

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